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- A + A (May 19): U.S soccer men's and women's national team players will receive equal pay and prize money, including at World Cups, after they came together to agree on landmark collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) with the U.S Soccer Federation on Wednesday. For official competitions, including the World Cup, the women's (USWNT) and men's (USMNT) national team players will earn identical game appearance fees. For official competitions other than the World Cup, players of both genders will earn identical game bonuses. U.S. Soccer becomes the first federation in the world to equalize FIFA World Cup prize money awarded to both women's and men's teams for participation in their respective World Cups. "This is a truly historic moment. These agreements have changed the game forever here in the United States and have the potential to change the game around the world," said U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone. The CBAs, the first of their kind, will run … [Read more...] about U.S. men’s and women’s teams strike equal pay deal with governing body

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin They said it could not be done again, but just three weeks after breaking the 23-year-old world record for an attendance at a women's soccer match at Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, FC Barcelona Femení drew an even larger crowd of 91,648 to the same venue to once more create sporting history. The European champions once more put on an exhibition of soccer, again scoring five goals in the first leg of the UEFA EFA Women's Champions League semi-final against German league leaders VfL Wolfsburg. The new figure still falls short of two crowd figures at the unofficial 1971 Women's World Cup in Mexico when a reported 100,000 watched the Opening Game of the tournament which was surpassed by the estimated 110,000 who saw the final between hosts Mexico and Denmark, both games were played at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. However, as the competition did not fall within the jurisdiction of soccer's world … [Read more...] about Barcelona Femení Set Another Women’s World Record Attendance At Camp Nou

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The 23-year-old official world-record attendance for a women's soccer match was broken in Barcelona last night as a crowd of 91,553 was recorded at Camp Nou during their UEFA Women's Champions League match against Real Madrid. The figure eclipses the mark of 90,185 set during the 1999 Women's World Cup final played at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Only matches at the unofficial 1971 Women's World Cup , which twice drew six-figure crowds of 100,000 for the Opening Match and 110,000 for the final, have ever attracted attendances for a women's sporting event in excess of tonight's at Camp Nou. That tournament was organized outside of the world governing body's (FIFA) jurisdiction by the Federation of Independent European Female Football (FIEFF). What is indisputable is that no women's club match has ever come close to this figure. Barcelona had played in front of the previous club record attendance of 60,739 away to Atlético de … [Read more...] about World-Record Crowd Of 91,553 Treated To Women’s Champions League Spectacle At Camp Nou

The U.S. women’s national soccer team is the defending world champion heading into the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which kicks off in France on Friday. They are expected to win, although France and Germany may have other ideas during the course of the competition, which runs from June 7 through early July. advertisement advertisement The U.S. women’s national team is a mix of new players and returning stars like Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and Julie Ertz, all determined to keep the title in the United States. In addition to fame and glory, they are probably looking forward to bringing home some of the competition’s prize money, too, as this year boasts the largest pool in Women’s World Cup history. Soccer’s governing body, FIFA, upped the prize money in the hopes of deflecting criticism about a gender pay gap between the men’s and women’s tournaments. While they doubled the payout for the winning teams—this year’s champs will take home $4 million, … [Read more...] about Here’s how much Women’s World Cup soccer players are paid compared to men

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline The U.S. Soccer Federation has reached new historic collective bargaining agreements to ensure equal pay and prize money for its men’s and women’s national teams, it said Wednesday morning, following a years-long battle fought by the four-time World Cup-champion women’s national team to guarantee equal compensation. Key Facts The two collective bargaining agreements—which last through 2028—include identical pay for all international soccer competitions, including the FIFA World Cup. U.S. Soccer will become the first national governing body to ensure equal prize money from FIFA by pooling prize funds and splitting them equally among the men and women’s national teams beginning with the 2022 Men’s tournament and the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Men’s and women’s national team players will also earn identical game bonuses, the federation said. The deals come three months after U.S. Soccer settled … [Read more...] about Soccer Federation Reaches Historic Deals Guaranteeing Equal Pay For Men And Women Players

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin On Saturday in Turin, the last two winners of the UEFA EFA Women's Champions League, FC Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais will face-off in this year's final. Most of the players already own a winner's medal in the competition but for Irene Paredes it is an opportunity to gain revenge on the team that denied her victory in 2017. Then playing for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Paredes played all 120 minutes in a goal-less final in Cardiff against Olympique Lyonnais. The match went to a penalty shoot-out which was eventually won by Lyon. Parades and PSG also went out in the 2020 Women's Champions League semi-final to their French rivals. Paredes finally overcame Lyon in the Champions League emerging victorious in last year's quarter-final only for PSG to lose the semi-final to FC Barcelona, who would go on to win their first European title in Lyon's absence by defeating Chelsea 4-0 in Gothenburg. During the summer, Paredes … [Read more...] about FC Barcelona’s Irene Paredes Hungry To Win First Women’s Champions League

In a landmark deal, soccer players of the U.S. men’s and women’s national teams will now be paid equally, including per-game fees and prize money from official tournaments, such as the FIFA World Cup. advertisement advertisement The agreement is a major win for women’s soccer —a victory claimed just six months before men’s soccer kicks off its quadrennial World Cup in Qatar this fall. According to the terms of the new deal, U.S. men’s and women’s players will take home the same paychecks for international matches ($18,000 to $24,000, depending on the tier of competition), and more notably—in a groundbreaking scheme for the sports world—will pool the prize money received from FIFA, the global governing body of soccer, for participating in the World Cup, to be divided evenly among the two teams. That first-of-its-kind scheme resolves what was the greatest tripping point on the path to equal pay. Historically, the gulf in prize money has been … [Read more...] about Equal pay comes to U.S. soccer: Here’s what to know about the landmark win for women players

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin With news emerging that the NCAA’s Transformation Committee’s work may have hit a roadblock, Division I athletics directors and presidents still need guidance in order to prepare for the fast approaching changes. Savvy leaders are tracking several developing issues, including the new Big Ten Conference media rights deal (which some have projected will double annual institutional payouts to $100 million or more). Many are also planning for an expansion of the College Football Playoff to 12 teams, which could be a huge financial windfall for those conferences (and independents) who are part of that collection. It can be overwhelming to track on all of these moving pieces, particularly if you are a Group of Five or other mid-major program. To help Presidents and senior campus leaders assess where your institution is currently, here is a checklist to begin comparing your institution’s readiness for this new landscape: … [Read more...] about Defining Athletic Success In The New ‘Transformation’ Era: A Challenge For Mid-Major Division I Schools

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin There will never be another first. Whatever else happens in the development of women's soccer, Ada Stolsmo Hegerberg of Norway will forever be remembered as the first woman in history to win the sport's most-prized individual honor, the Ballon d'Or, in 2018. Last month, it was another first for Hegerberg: her first goal in 101 weeks, since she ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament in January 2020. Her emotional reaction betrayed everything that she had overcome in the intervening year and a half. She later added a second goal in a 6-1 victory for Olympique Lyonnais over their perennial rivals Paris Saint-Germain, the reigning French champions. Speaking to me last week, Hegerberg said: "I've just been focused ever since I came back. About doing things very simply, getting back into my rhythm. Obviously, playing against PSG is one of my favorite games to play. I love those games. I was ready mentally. I knew I was ready … [Read more...] about Ada Hegerberg Reveals Scoring First Goals After 22 Months Gave Her ‘Goosebumps’

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Baseball’s reigning World Champions are finding the road to repeating filled with potholes. The Atlanta Braves, for the second straight year, are struggling to stay afloat in a National League East they have won four years in a row. With Memorial Day weekend around the corner, the Braves have had more than their share of disappointments, including injuries, but also have reason to hope for better things soon. Here are five reasons they won’t become the first repeat world champions since the New York Yankees won three straight from 1998-2000: 1. No Freddie Freeman – After spending his entire 12-year career in Atlanta, the Face of the Franchise found himself without a job when the Braves traded four top prospects to the Oakland Athletics for fellow first baseman Matt Olson, an Atlanta native who’s younger and cheaper, in March. Freeman, 32, soon signed with the Dodgers (six years for $162 million), allowing him to … [Read more...] about Five Reasons The Braves Won’t Repeat And Five Reasons They Will